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Flash Flood — Angelina, TX

May 25, 2021

A shortwave trough progressed east across North Texas during the morning of May 25th, with large scale ascent and a strong southerly low level jet contributing to a complex of showers and thunderstorms that progressed east into portions of Northeast Texas during the afternoon. This complex was able to tap moderate instability that had developed in response to diurnal heating, resulting in isolated severe thunderstorms developing along the lead outflow boundary across East Texas. As a result, dam

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 952554). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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